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26 ביוני 2010

The 2nd hike - by Malek Butto

Well, I can say that the 2nd hike was wonderful, amazing, great, burning, dehydrating, more affinity, more friendship, more emotions from each to other, more truth.

Here I'm walking and walking under the scorching sun... looking around, seeing all of my friends (even more than friends) are sweating just as I'm, all of us thinking about completing our task on time, we believed that we can do it and succeed just like the other tasks we had in the 1st hike in Carmel mountains.We made a mistake: We believed that no one will dehydrate, but actually after 2.5 hours of walking we were facing 2 cases of dehydration which made us sit down and plan how to continue our day. We relaxed for 3 hours, chilling in the Jordan river, had lunch, discussed some topics, took some photos of each other, etc...

After treating the dehydrated and finishing the fun, we concluded that our safety is more important than finishing the missions on time, so we decided to take a 3-minute break every 15 minutes of walking, and no matter if the task will take more time.

After eating the Pasta at 22:00 and the wonderful grapevine leaf that Shadi brought (thanks to his mother for the surprise) I just sat down near the water with Tomer, guarding 11 of the most amazing persons I have ever met (including the guides) thinking about these moments I have waited all my life to see, that Arabs and Jews can sleep together in peace.

In the 2nd day, After discussing some political issues in the Jilabun River - it was an hour of honest and truth - we had a lot of fun: swimming, laughing, playing...

At the end of the day - as my friend Tomer said - we were asked by guides Olfat and Ilan to write down the names of the participants (from the other part of the group) that we think fit best in the group, it was the hardest part on the 2nd hike, all of us fit, so I was relieved after finishing this mission.